Clover Archer Director, Staniar Gallery
Wilson Hall 3010
540-458-8860
archerc@wlu.edu
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
Teaching
Instructor, Department of Art and Art History, Washington & Lee University, Lexington,VA
- Introduction to Photography
- Arts Management / Staniar Gallery Internship
- Studio Seminar: Methods in Contemporary Art Practice
Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
| 2019 |
The Institute for Clew Studies/The Clew Registry, Prattsville Art Center, Prattsville, NY (studio/office open to the public for two week residency) forthcoming in July |
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| 2018 |
The Institute for Clew Studies/The Clew Registry, 203 Main Street, Lexington, VA (studio/office residency open to the public for one month) The Institute for Clew Studies/The Clew Registry, Arts of Lexington Block Party, Lexington, VA (performance with Clew Booth at public event) |
| 2017 | The Institute for Clew Studies, Staniar Gallery, Lexington, VA (site-specific installation) |
| 2016 | True Story: Clews, Shenendoah Fringe Fest, Staunton, VA (site-specific installation) |
| 2014 | True Story: Clews, Barnstable Historical Society, Barnstable, MA (solo exhibition) Art in Odd Places 2014: FREE, 14th Street, New York, NY |
| 2013 | The Way We Live Now, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Shirley Irons) |
| 2012 | Nothing to be Done, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA (solo exhibition) Don't Think Twice/Twice, Marginal Arts Festival, Roanoke, VA (two-person exhibition) how far back do you want me to go, Medicine Factory Gallery, Memphis, TN (solo exhibition) 14 Years: My Own Retrospective, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA (solo exhibition) From These Hills, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA |
| 2011 | Every Little Thing, Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA (solo exhibition) Don't Think Twice, Marginal Arts Festival, Roanoke, VA (two-person exhibition) a futile attempt to avoid geometry, On View: 305 Van Brunt, Brooklyn, NY (solo installation) |
| 2010 | That Passed the Time, Charles Harris Library Gallery, Wise, VA (solo exhibition) Washington & Lee Faculty Exhibition, Capital One Corporation, Richmond, VA |
| 2009 | New Waves 2009, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA (juried by Josée Bienvenu & Brian Holcombe) |
| 2008 | May I Reason On, Caro D'Offay Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo exhibition) Inscape, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA (solo exhibition) yes lets go, they do not move, Roanoke College, Salem, VA (solo exhibition) |
| 2007 | End(s) of Photography, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH (curated by Saul Ostrow) Gang of Eight, Gallery 5th & Water, Charlottesville, VA Colorist Chess Project, Caro D'Offay Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2006 | Flower Bike Trailer, Ferrum College Art Gallery, Ferrum, VA (solo exhibition) The Funeral Book Project, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA (solo exhibition) Works on Paper, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY |
| 2005 | Annual Autumn Juried Show, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA Portraits, National Arts Club, New York, NY |
| 2003 | Info@Blah, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA (curated by iKatun) |
| 2002 | www.anthology-of-art.net, Jochen Gerz's Performance, Video and Internet Retrospective 1969-2002, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
| 2001 | Paintings on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Tone Johansen) Emerging Artists Unusual Exhibition, HEREArt, New York, NY |
| 2000 | MFA Thesis Show, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY Wish You Were Here, Ruby Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Exurbia, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA (curated by Shirley Irons) Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD (traveled to Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA; Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT) SoFo: Artists South of Fourth Place, Ruby Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1999 | Given Circumstances, New Work by Clover Archer & Julia Sass, The Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY The Jack Goodman Awards, The Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY |
Distinctions
| 2019 | Lenfest Faculty Research Fellowship (The Institute for Clew Studies), Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA |
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| 2018 | Lenfest Faculty Research Fellowship(The Institute for Clew Studies), Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA |
| 2017 | Grant from the Washington and Lee Digital Humanities Working Group and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (The Institute for Clew Studies), Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA |
| 2016 | Lenfest Faculty Research Fellowship (The Lost Clew Archives), Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA |
| 2015 | Lenfest Faculty Research Fellowship (True Story:Clews, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA |
| 2014 | Drawing Installation, 21ST.PROJECTS Viewing Program, Critical Practices Headquarters, New York, NY Lenfest Faculty Research Fellowship, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA |
| 2013 | Lenfest Faculty Research Fellowship, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA |
| 2012 | Artist's Grant, The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, VA Lenfest Faculty Research Fellowship, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA |
| 2011 | Lenfest Faculty Research Fellowship, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA Professional Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA Residency Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA |
| 2009 | Residency Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA |
| 2006-2009 | Juried Gallery Member, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA |
| 2008 | Visiting Artist, Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, VA |
| 2004 | All The Numbers I Know, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Exhibit title borrowed from the title of my ongoing project |
| 1999-2000 | Graduate Fellowship Recipient, New York University, New York, NY |
| 1999 | Jack Goodman Award for Art & Technology, New York University, New York, NY |
Artist's Talks
| 2017 |
Artist's Talk: The Institute for Clew Studies, Studio Sessions, Brooklyn, NY |
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| 2014 | True Story: Clews, Barnstable Historical Society, Barnstable, MA |
| 2013 | 14 Years: My Own Retrospective, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA |
| 2010 | That Passed the Time, University of Virginia-Wise, Wise, VA |
| 2009 | Over Time, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA |
| 2008 | yes let's go, they do not move, Roanoke College, Salem, VA |
| 2006 | Bike Flower Trailer, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA |
Bibliography
| 2014 | Powers-Smith, Conor. "Searching for 'Clews' at the Barnstable Historical Society," Wicked Local Barnstable, News from The Register, July 7 |
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| 2013 | Irons, Shirley (ed.). The Way We Live Now, Exhibition Zine, Gallery Luisotti, July/August Knight, Christopher. Art Review: "The Way We Live Now" at Gallery Luisotti is a resonant group effort, Los Angeles Times, August 23 |
| 2012 | Kollatz Jr, Harry. Heightened Perceptions, Richmond Magazine.com, January 3 Dwayne Butcher. Q&A With Clover Archer Lyle, memphisflyer.com, August 31 |
| 2008 | Pernia, Garin. Clover Archer, NewCity Chicago, March 20 The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge. 40 Days + 40 Nights (Cover image), The Roanoker, September |
| 2009 | Archer Lyle, Clover. William Christenberry's Persistent Narrative, Studies in American Culture, October |
| 2007 | Parsons, Laura. Culture - Arts Feature, The Hook, July 19 |
| 2004 | Gerz, Jochen. Anthology of Art: Art and Theory in Dialogue, Germany: Dumont; France: Actes Sud Sherman, Mary. Medium Trumps Message in Info@Blah, Boston Herald, April 27 McQuaid, Cate. Taming technology overload with artful systems, The Boston Globe, May 2 |
| 2001 | Campbell, Clayton. Exurbia, Flash Art, January/February |
| 2000 | Exurbia (review), Santa Monica Mirror, Vol. 2, issue 21, November 8 - 14 |
Permanent Collections & Registries
- Capital One Corporate Art Collection, Richmond, VA
- The Drawing Center Slide Registry, New York, NY
- Irving Sandler Artist File, New York, NY
- The Barnstable Historical Society, Barnstable, MA